Chapter 255 – The Damsel Act
He lingered in the lobby while paperwork processed. Fingers tapping against his pocket, gaze idly scanning. And that's when he saw her.
Dolly.
She was in front of the hotel entrance. The girl looked like she'd been spun in a blender—hair wild, clothes rumpled, eyes wide with panic.
"Please—please, do you know where he is? A man named… Aris? He was here. He was just here—"
Lux's lips twitched. Aris. Of course. The flip-name of Sira. Leave it to Pride to drop a false alias so casually she'd hook some poor mortal into obsession within a second. Dolly was already unraveling.
Lux turned his head slightly, watching her through the reflection of the glass doors rather than directly. He didn't need her attention. He'd seen this before—mortals chasing shadows of Pride demons. It was like watching someone auction off their soul for a pair of designer shoes they could never wear.
He almost laughed. 'She really could make a girl crazy in a snap. Damn her.'
